In the 75 years since its conception, Charles Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip and its subsequent multi-media spin-offs has ...

British music legend Thomas Dolby touches down at KCRW as our Resident DJ for the month of December 2025. In his fourth mix, he features music by The B-52's, Whodini, and James Brown.

It’s hard to believe that nearly 20 years ago, the world lost music icon James Brown. The “King of Soul” died on Dec. 25, ...

James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, passed away 19 years ago, leaving behind over 50 million records and a lasting impact on ...

James Brown's official cause of death was congestive heart failure and complications from pneumonia, but conspiracy theories ...

Before his health took a turn for the worse on the night of Dec. 24, Brown was given his doctor’s approval to perform in New ...

The song on this Christmas album that has enthralled me all these years is “Let’s Make This Christmas Mean Something This ...

Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers popularised a song that was covered by singers ranging from James Brown to Bruce Springsteen ...

The music at Atlanta's Morris Brown College stopped in 2002, but two decades later, the school is hoping "the best band in ...

"Funky Drummer" by Clyde Stubblefield shaped hip-hop and pop, yet the most sampled drummer in music history died unpaid and overlooked.

Shocking slayings at Brown, Bondi Beach, and of the Reiners, plus the background music of Trump’s dysfunction, cast a pall over the holidays.